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Cygnus Module Placed onto Service Module

Cygnus Pressurized Module connected to Service module
The Cygnus pressurized cargo module is lowered for connection to the service module.

Oct. 22, 2015 – A team of engineers and technicians help guide the Cygnus spacecraft, built by Orbital ATK, into position atop its service module inside the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The spacecraft then was mated to its service module, which includes the propulsion system and power-producing solar arrays. A poster on the wall to the left of the spacecraft displays an artist concept of the spacecraft in orbit with its arrays deployed. The Cygnus, which flies without a crew, is to launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying equipment, supplies and research to the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett